Course:
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Storytelling, and Telling Your Own Tale
Program Dates:
July 7 - July 22, 2018
Honors Credit:
None
WKU Course:
TBA
Discipline(s):
English Language and Literature
Course Description:
This two-week summer course in London,
designed for English, Creative Writing,
Communication, and MCE/AYA Language Arts
Majors, is a pilgrimage, reading selected excerpts from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and immersing yourself in London, Canterbury, and other historical sites. Create your own up-to-date Tale, by video/blogging. Reading selected excerpts from “The Wife of Bath,” “The Miller,” “The Knight,” and others, we will use iterary analysis to explore storytelling. Your final will be to write and tell your tale, with the winner getting a free meal.
Prerequisites:
Completion of first year English composition requirements, including research
and argumentation.
Physical Activity Requirements:
Able to walk 2-4 miles.
Course Highlights:
Coming soon